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For I am about to do something new. See, I have already begun! Do you not see it? I will make a pathway through the wilderness. I will create rivers in the dry wasteland.Isaiah 43:19NLTIt is a New Year ~ 2013... and a new day is upon us! I imagine that people are still celebrating... watching the football bowl games... or the parades that are all welcoming in the new year! A new yearalways seems to bring a renewed hope... and I think there are many who need just that. However... If I am to be completely honest... I am not in a "celebratory or a merry mood." Recently, I have been concerned about the direction our country is taking... moreover, I am concerned about the true 'Church of Jesus Christ' in general... and those of us who call ourselves 'Christians.' I believe that God's people are in crisis... and either we don't recognize it or we just don't care to know about it. It seems to me... that to some extent... we as Christians have hardened our hearts towards the Lord Jesus. Our desire for Him is not what it once was. I touched on this subject in my December 28th's, "Our First Love..." blog.

We look at the cynics, the mockers, and those who reject Christ as the ones who have the most problems and those with the hardest of hearts. We forget that we are the ones who are supposed to be the 'light' in this world. We are the ones who attend church... go through all the motions... listen to message after message... and still seem to be the same people. Some of us have no problem fitting into the church on Sunday... and yet the very next day...we seem to fit perfectly right into this world. For many... there is no real difference... no change in our lives and what God wants to do in us.Are we not aware of the fact... that God despises those who hear His Word... yet reject it and all within a day or two. In Proverbs 29:1 we read; "He, that being often reproved hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy."What does this mean? The verse is basically telling us that the hardness of our hearts comes as a result of rejecting the repeating warnings we hear. It also tells us that over time the hardness will become impossible to change or cure... because we will have let the hardness "rule" our lives.

Inspite of hearing the messages that come from the Holy Spirit... most of us do not practice what we hear. We want to see a revival... but we are unwilling to see the changes we need in our own lives. To revive is to restore what we have lost... or awaken to what seems to have gone to sleep in us.

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Judy A. Weltin​Author

My heart cries out for those who are hurting and those who are lost and do not know the Lord Jesus Christ as their Personal Savior. I want to show you the "Love of Jesus" & give you some skills to "Rise Above" any and all misery you may face on a daily basis.

The "Church in General" has and is... failing this world! We have grown complacent, with a mediocre attitude in our relationship with Christ Jesus!

When Jesus rose from the grave and after He ascended into heaven, He gave us the most powerful support & assistance we need to help us "rise above" our daily problems by giving us His Holy Spirit!

He also gave us "His Holy Word..." which is a blueprint or map of how to live in this world that is so full of pain and sin. Thru Christ Jesus, "His Holy Spirit" and "His Holy Word," we have the power, ability and the authority to change this world and its problems.We as a church have to "wake up, repent and go back to our first love of Jesus" in order to "Be the church, Jesus Christ intended us to be!" I am so ready for REVIVAL, not just for myself but, in the church also! I want so much more of God and what He has for me and YOU!!!------------------------------------Feel free to contact me by using the contact page or emailing me at:judyweltin@sc.rr.com​------------------------------------May God Bless you as you read my blog! May the words help and inspire you to live your life fully in Jesus Christ!